Pendragon: The Merchant of Death - D.J. MacHale

Story Bobby Pedragon is you normal average kid. He is good at sports and is the main scorer for the basketball team. He has an uncle name named Press. He is considered by bobby as a brother he never had and he gives Bobby some of the latest stuff that has not even come out yet on the market. But his family seems to consider him weird even though he does all these things for bobby. Bobby has a friend named Mark who is not considered popular as him in fact if it were not for Bobby Mark would be bullied. The story begins when Bobby Has just met this amazing girl named Courtney who is considered the Most popular girl in school. His uncle Press tells Bobby that he ...  Read the complete review

D. J. MacHale is better known for his TV shows, especially the After School TV specials and his work on bringing Encyclopedia Brown from the printed page to before the camera. Admittedly, this takes a very creative mind, but not necessarily one that is suited to writing books instead of say, scripts for the more visual arts. Luckily this is not true for MacHale, and what we have here is a first novel that is full of promise, and while not perfect, a jolly good read in every sense of the word. Part Sliders and owing a lot to 1970's children's sci fi fare such as A Wrinkle In Time, this tale of a time and space travelling kid out to stop the destruction ...  Read the complete review